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again, this is not rocket science. but it is hard political work. the political will to meet the needs of children whose needs have never been met. >> it is tremendously hard. >> richard's argument is incredibly frustrating and it is personal, honestly, and it is because stephen is sitting here and the statistical likelihood of some graduates would be less than 50%. we can't say that's okay. like that is not okay. we have to take a totally different look at what we are doing in public education, rethink it, and said how say how we going to take things that we found in small isolated places and figure out how to get them to millions. that is a massive challenge. none of us are under estimating the size of the challenge. all i am trying to argue is that we actually have some really good indications of what those elements are. the likelihood of me graduating at the time was 5%. 5% of kids graduated at as a special education students. i went on to graduate from high school and had the luck of having great teachers and having great principles or luck of
again, this is not rocket science. but it is hard political work. the political will to meet the needs of children whose needs have never been met. >> it is tremendously hard. >> richard's argument is incredibly frustrating and it is personal, honestly, and it is because stephen is sitting here and the statistical likelihood of some graduates would be less than 50%. we can't say that's okay. like that is not okay. we have to take a totally different look at what we are doing in...
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area that focuses on how science and technology affects our national security. for quite some time we've been involved in the study of issues in and around what people call asymmetric threats. and most importantly, terrorism. this past year the professor and i released our second volume on al qaeda about 11 years after our first volume on al qaeda right before 9/11. i'd like to call your attention to. there are copies available, and, of course, available on the web on amazon and all those good things. and i wanted to highlight it today because it's one of the gifts we are going to get to our panel members for taking the time out of their busy schedule to come join us today. at the very least, i can promise you a good sleep if you read it. [laughter] the second work that the potomac institute has been involved in over this past year is an effort with the mattel corporation to look up the cyber issue in particular cyber doctrine. that volume edited by tim semple and i is in publication as we speak but you have on your seat on the table, all of you, a short flyer t
area that focuses on how science and technology affects our national security. for quite some time we've been involved in the study of issues in and around what people call asymmetric threats. and most importantly, terrorism. this past year the professor and i released our second volume on al qaeda about 11 years after our first volume on al qaeda right before 9/11. i'd like to call your attention to. there are copies available, and, of course, available on the web on amazon and all those good...
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you can see that, and it follows the social science victims that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. so, you know, a as a wire servie that i'm normally into prognostication business but i feel very safe going out on a limb today. eight months ago in the state of the union speech, obama issued an appeal to congress to spend more federal money on construction projects that would generate jobs. what he said was, take the money we are no longer spending it for, use half of the to pay down our debt and use the rest to do some nationbuilding right here at home. well, we pointed out in a fact check that night the fallacy of that idea. the idea that some kind of budget surpluses going to be created when you stop the war is fiscal fiction. those wars have been primarily financed by borrowing. so if you stop the wars, you don't have pneumonia. you just have less borrowing, must debt being added. it doesn't create a pool of ready cash, and on top of that the supposed savings of this supposed peace dividend is inflated because it's based on spending numbers that are extrapolate
you can see that, and it follows the social science victims that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. so, you know, a as a wire servie that i'm normally into prognostication business but i feel very safe going out on a limb today. eight months ago in the state of the union speech, obama issued an appeal to congress to spend more federal money on construction projects that would generate jobs. what he said was, take the money we are no longer spending it for, use half of the...
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the science writer and columnist for discover magazine will look at the cyberworld popular culture and computer networking and politics. lives in their october 7 at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv. up next, a debate between kendis to be the next governor of new hampshire. the republican candidates unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1996 and was the republican nominee for the u.s. senate in 2010. democrat is a former new hampshire state senator who served as the majority leader. this took place in manchester, new hampshire and comes to us from new hampshire public broadcasting and is about an hour. >> welcome to the candidates' forum on business and the economy. i am most of the exchange. we are coming to you from the television studios at the new hampshire is to to the politics that political library. for the next hour we will hear from new hampshire is gubernatorial candidates. we will press them to talk about what they would do as governor and refrain from spending valuable time attacking each other. and now let me introduce our candid it's. they are republican ovide lamontagne and d
the science writer and columnist for discover magazine will look at the cyberworld popular culture and computer networking and politics. lives in their october 7 at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv. up next, a debate between kendis to be the next governor of new hampshire. the republican candidates unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1996 and was the republican nominee for the u.s. senate in 2010. democrat is a former new hampshire state senator who served as the majority leader. this took place...
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incentivize risk taking and we had the most government funded research fop push out the boundary of science and technology our best innovators and entrepreneurs can pluck them and start the new company. it you think about that as the formula for success an education we now -- well, roughly 30% of high schools drop out of high school. we used to lead the world in college graduates coming to high school. we no longer do that. on infrastructure, according to american society of civil engineers we're $2 trillion in deficit in terms of infrastructure. immigration, we have a policy now that basically says here come here get a great education and get the hell of our country. we are fighting on the simplest h1b issues that are vital phenomena the future strength. fourth the rules for incentive risk taking and recklessness. i don't think we have em i didded to the degree we want. on government funded research if you see in the gap it looks like ekg heading for heart attack. i don't know relative to what all i know in terms of the things that historically made us great, on each one of those, i see us
incentivize risk taking and we had the most government funded research fop push out the boundary of science and technology our best innovators and entrepreneurs can pluck them and start the new company. it you think about that as the formula for success an education we now -- well, roughly 30% of high schools drop out of high school. we used to lead the world in college graduates coming to high school. we no longer do that. on infrastructure, according to american society of civil engineers...
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i should ask my science at the elliot school. i took agreology. it really did help me. [laughter] when the engineers talked to me i can act as the translatorrers. i enjoy that part. [laughter] so because the perm account is damaged it's harder to extracts oil from the field. it's like you're dpriing a can of soda. i usually use this analogy quite a bit. more you drink the less liquid in the can. more suction you need. if you put the liquid back in it becomes harder to do that. you're damaging the field. and basically the iraqis were doing that from 2003 to 2007. it is unclear what damage has been done to the kikuk field. now that you have the kurds producing from the dome it's unclear. how cousin it interact the at some levels the three reservoirs connect. what does it mean for the long-term future of kirkuk i wish i could say, i don't know. there are other fields that produce but basically what you're getting is maybe at most 5rbgs500,000 barrels a day which can go through the iraq fur key pipeline. they would like to see more oil flow through the port. iraq has a prob
i should ask my science at the elliot school. i took agreology. it really did help me. [laughter] when the engineers talked to me i can act as the translatorrers. i enjoy that part. [laughter] so because the perm account is damaged it's harder to extracts oil from the field. it's like you're dpriing a can of soda. i usually use this analogy quite a bit. more you drink the less liquid in the can. more suction you need. if you put the liquid back in it becomes harder to do that. you're damaging...
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we have a very strong science and technology directorate that works collaboratively to research, develop tests and transition deployable cyber solutions and technology. so among its many projects, s and t is leading efforts to develop and deploy more secure internet protocols to protect consumers and industry internet users. and because each member of the public plays an important role in cybersecurity, we sponsor the stop, think, connect campaign. this is a year-round national public awareness effort designed to engage and challenge americans to join the effort to practice and promote safe online practices. we want good cyber habits to be as ingrained and as familiar as putting on your seat belt. so if you're not already a friend of stop, think, connect -- the stop, think, connect campaign, i encourage you to join today. and in just a few days, we will kick off national cybersecurity awareness month which is an opportunity each october to emphasize the culture of shared responsibility necessary to maintain a safe, secure and resilient cyber environment. finally, we must work internation
we have a very strong science and technology directorate that works collaboratively to research, develop tests and transition deployable cyber solutions and technology. so among its many projects, s and t is leading efforts to develop and deploy more secure internet protocols to protect consumers and industry internet users. and because each member of the public plays an important role in cybersecurity, we sponsor the stop, think, connect campaign. this is a year-round national public awareness...
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hough and china and india are not cutting their science and technology budget. >> how does the state keep companies here? >> in hampshire workers are very talented and we do have a low unemployment rate. i have been so impressed during but manufacturing plants for their highly skilled. but i am concerned incentive of congress is to ship jobs overseas. congressman bass rewards companies that ship the jobs overseas with the tax break. i want to close that then bring good jobs back. we need to see tax incentives. new hampshire lost 16,000 jobs to china. as a percentage, it is number one in the country. that has to do with the boat he took on the favorable nation to trade with china. i want to create a dynamic with education so we have workers better trained. >> now to jump in as a direct kong -- comment she said you voted for bills to ship jobs overseas. have you? >> of course, not. the kabuki accounting with 10 million people off of pell grants, that is rather take the budget number divided out by all the programs then they select one across the board and then apply it to it. this is w
hough and china and india are not cutting their science and technology budget. >> how does the state keep companies here? >> in hampshire workers are very talented and we do have a low unemployment rate. i have been so impressed during but manufacturing plants for their highly skilled. but i am concerned incentive of congress is to ship jobs overseas. congressman bass rewards companies that ship the jobs overseas with the tax break. i want to close that then bring good jobs back. we...
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. >> both parties are working on a bill to get more green cards to afford students graduating in science technology. why we are doing this and what about american workers. >> i want to encourage the that started with a private partnership with the community technical school came into the start of engineering in the seventh grade, and i think that is the type of programming that we need to encourage. >> they need the training and education for it. >> mr. bass committee think any changes in federal immigration laws are needed? >> breslau, there is an issue and i started to touch on in a little bit. you can find guestworkers during the summer because the system doesn't work. it has a 60,000 individual cap. everyone in the tourist industry picked up those individuals during the wintertime. i propose both h1-b and h2-b. the need is still there for high skilled workers. you can remain and do a second term for a third term. it creates a path to citizenship that is legal. i oppose illegal immigration and i don't support it. some businesses do, and i don't. but there is a way to do that. that is
. >> both parties are working on a bill to get more green cards to afford students graduating in science technology. why we are doing this and what about american workers. >> i want to encourage the that started with a private partnership with the community technical school came into the start of engineering in the seventh grade, and i think that is the type of programming that we need to encourage. >> they need the training and education for it. >> mr. bass committee...
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both as a member of this committee and ranking member of the house, science, space, and technology committee as well as a confer rei on -- conferee on the faa committee, i realize making the skies safer, less congested, and cleaner requires substantial investments. we must invest in the future, but we have to invest wisely. i'm concerned with the department of transportation, inspector general's april 2012 # report that the en route implementation schedule slipped by four years, and over budgeted by $330 million. in addition, i understand that although progress is being made, the agency has had difficulties in developing performance metrics for next generation goals. i want to thank you chairman petri and ranking member costillo, for holding the hearing, and i look forward to the testimony of the witnesses today because i believe we have to implement the next generation technology. thank you, and i yield back. >> thank you, and now we turn to the first panel, and i'd like to welcome the honorable john portcari, the u.s. secretary of the department of transportation, the acting administrator
both as a member of this committee and ranking member of the house, science, space, and technology committee as well as a confer rei on -- conferee on the faa committee, i realize making the skies safer, less congested, and cleaner requires substantial investments. we must invest in the future, but we have to invest wisely. i'm concerned with the department of transportation, inspector general's april 2012 # report that the en route implementation schedule slipped by four years, and over...